Hey Garden(ers),
Friday is Valentines Day, in other places in the world it is known as El Dia de Amor y Amistad (The day of Love and Friendship). We hope you are celebrating love, whether it be platonic or romantic with chosen family and friends this week and everyday.
Saturday, February 15th, we'll be making space for bitter, funny, heartbreak, political poems and righteous rage at Cupid Ain't @#$%!: An Anti-Valentine's Day Poetry Movement! An ever evolving tour that has gone from Philly, to London to Toronto and back, this year's event will be featuring poets FreeQuency, Dèjá Speaks, an open mic portion and a haiku slam. Hosted by J Mase III. Come ready to crown the Anti-Valentine's Day Slam Champion (is it you?!) RSVP here!
🧠 Ready to take a "brave journey of self-learnedness"? Link up with Deeda on February 13th, 5pm PT for an audiobook listening party featuring 'The You You Are: The Spiritual Biography of You,' as heard on Apple TV+'s "Severance". 🎧 This gem penned by the enigmatic Dr. Ricken Lazlo Hale, PhD—Kier, PE's very own self-help expert (he's written 5 books, afterall)! 📚 Join at the Restaurant to co-work and ponder the profound with fellow seekers. ✨
💼Severance fans, we'll be meeting every Saturday at 3pm PST until the end of the second season! This Saturday the 15th, we'll be watching Season 2 episode 5 with a discussion afterwards!
💔Saturday, February 15th at 6pm PST, we will be bringing the internationally acclaimed tour "Cupid Ain't @#$%!: An Anti-Valentine's Day Poetry Movement" to Garden! Part heartbreak, political rants, humor, bitter love poems and YOU, this poetry event will be featuring poets FreeQuency, Dèjá Speaks, an open mic portion and a haiku slam. Hosted by J Mase III. Come ready to crown the Anti-Valentine's Day Slam Champion! RSVP here!
⚔️Have you gone on epic quests? Are you seasoned in the sword and arcane arts? When a town you're just passing through needs help, will you stay and offer it? If so, is it time to retire the ways of the adventurer and melt swords down to shovels? Answered yes to most or all questions? Then join "After the Aftermath - A COMMS TTRPG Campaign" on February 21st from 5pm-8:30pm PT. This game chronicles the story of a group of retired adventurers who build a community, from the ground up. All experience levels of TTRPG players are welcome. RSVP here!
🌟 Join the Ultimate Connect Four Showdown! 🌟 Get ready for a thrilling battle of wits and strategy! We are hosting a Connect Four Tournament on Saturday, February 22nd, at 2 PM PST—Walk away with bragging rights AND a $50 cash prize! (to be venmo-ed or cashapped to the winner!). Don't miss out, and RSVP!
🪩Honoring Uncle Clifford's Rule #.0025 — 'Wear Y'all Mu’Fuckin Mask,' we’re keeping it safe so everyone can party in Chucalissa without leaving home! Join Deeda and GenDoc for 'Nights at the Pynk,' a 'P-Valley' virtual watch party every other Friday starting February 28th at 6pm PT. Click here to RSVP here!
🎙️As you all know, due to the LA fires, we had to reschedule Garden Talks. Well, we finally have a new date! Join us for a festival of 15 min (or less) ideas/dreams/rants from Garden members on March 2nd, at 1pm PST! Make sure to RSVP here! We will be sending out an updated schedule in the next week. ASL provided.
🫁 Want to increase your lung capacity? Come to Breathing in the Knowledge Nursery! Every weekday at 9am PST. RSVP here!
🥣 Grab your favorite cereal for dinner and watch anime & cartoons with us at Monday Night Cereal! Join us every other Monday at 5pm PST. Tonight we're watching people's grandpas and little brothers get stolen for the sake of a children's card game. Your move! Read more about the event here.
💃🏾Co-Twerking returns to Garden on Tuesdays at 2:30pm PST w/ Caroline!
🎥 Name That Movie (Night!) is Wednesday at 5:30pm PST! This week's movie is a 2001 hood drama about a bike mechanic named Mike played by an R&B phenomenon. Think you know what it is? Come thru and find out! RSVP via the visit page.
🫂 The next session of Chronic Illness and Long Covid Support Group will be this Thursday February 13th from 5:30pm-7:30pm PST with Chanelle! Navigating everything that comes with chronic illness can be difficult - from managing symptoms to experiencing grief over missing your pre-illness life. This is a peer support space where we can share our feelings about living with any chronic/long-term illness, including long COVID, during an ongoing pandemic. RSVP via the calendar on the visit page.
🪷 Stretch it out as Caroline leads us in another weekly afternoon Yoga sesh this Friday at 2:15pm PST by streaming a yoga video from YouTube and following along. Videos will be between 25-45 minutes long between easy to moderate pace. Drop ins are always welcome! RSVP via the calendar on the visit page.
🛏️Ru and Chanelle are hosting their final installments of queer-British-teen-tv-show slumber party marathons! It's time for some Sex Education! Pull up to the Up All Night Room in your coziest winter jammies, with tasty snacks and a sippy drink. Join Friday at 6pm PST to watch the next episodes. Let's talk about sex, baby! RSVP for a reminder! The final showing will be on February 21st.
🦾 Self Defense Discussion Series with Caroline will be Sundays at 8am PST. Each group includes reading, discussion and (potential) movement on self-defense principles! In these politically challenging times, it is especially important for our collective liberation and self-care to learn self-defense. RSVP via the visit page!
📺 Join us every 3rd Saturday of the month at 11am PST for Garden Ghibli, where we view a Ghibli movie and attempt to make our way to watch all the magical Ghibli movies! The next showing will be this Saturday February 15th. RSVP here!
😷 Hang out, chill and play games with Black folks who take COVID precautions at Bonfire in Garden every 3rd Saturday! The next Bonfire is February 15th at 5pm PST. RSVP here.
🎨Skyriver will be guiding us into Imagination & Creative Space, an open space and time to work on creative projects, and crafts every other Saturday. The next session is February 15th at 12pm PST. Finish an old project, start a new skill, follow the offered prompt or do your own thing. Joy is resistance. Imagination is the path to liberation. You can RSVP!
💻 Do you work from home and sometimes feel a little too isolated from others? Come Co-Work with us in Garden! We are a 24/7 drop in space for folks to join to co-work silently, listen to music, play a game or chat amongst each other in the chat box.
🪙Decolonizing Wealth Project is seeking a full-time remote Community Manager (Salary range $90,000 - $110,000) to support and grow their Liberated Capital donor community. Additionally, they are seeking a remote Director for their Youth Mental Health Fund (salary range $140,000 - $150,000) which will support funding for culturally-relevant mental health with a focus on BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and intersectional youth.
🍉 Centering Palestine has a zoom every Tuesday at 5pm PST, along with other resources to show up for Palestine available here.
😷World Health Network has a weekly call to organize community members against mask bans every Friday at 12pm PST.
🌻 We are looking to open Garden up to more community orgs who would like to share space with us here. If you are part of an org that may benefit from office/event space here, please email info@meetatgarden.com
💌Don't forget, we can design and host non-Garden virtual events too.
Until next our avatars meet,
🪄Al, 😻Gata & 🪻J Mase
PS: Have a one-time-event or a recurring event and need a place to host? Email us at info@meetatgarden.com!
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